s'all right isn't it?

(i know its not 'allowed' as such…)

s'fine

Do you need to go that low though?

s'weet.

just find a lot of my riding up hills (with a 38) is in the 7/8 gear range, and want to get out of that. plus its slightly higher geared being a 29er.

Tom- I ran that on mine. It was cool.

36t middleburn uno ring will be on its way to me soon then…

S'fine, I ran that loads too, specifically to keep me in the 11 to 12 direct drive range most of the time.

That's interesting that you are running a Uno system, what bottom bracket lenth are you using to get the wide-ish 54.5 chainline?

I run a Hope Ti 121mm BB with a 38T Middleburn DH ring on the middle position of RS7 chainset – I'd imagine the Duo would need similar.

think its a 113?

dunno to be honest. i might need to fiddle with it a bit, but it looks very similar to the chainline i have on my SS (which currently has the uno on – doing some crank swapping). currently got a 38t middleburn ring on some FSA cranks, outer position, 113mm BB.

Might well have a new 16T cog in the spares box if you want to make me an offer. If I remember right I ran 36-16 without issues tho' outside recommended range.

You run the risk of the designed-to-break-in-the-event-of-excessive-torque nylon pins breaking which will result in loss of all drive, not even fixed. Needs to go to Germany to be fixed in the event. Don't forget 700c/29er wheels produce more torque than 26". Might never break but those are the consequences.

You run the risk of the designed-to-break-in-the-event-of-excessive-torque nylon pins breaking which will result in loss of all drive, not even fixed. Needs to go to Germany to be fixed in the event. Don't forget 700c/29er wheels produce more torque than 26". Might never break but those are the consequences.

38×17 would keep you in warranty.

Let us know how you get on with that hungreymonkey, the Rohloff runs the sprocket outer edge of the hub, in theory a 113 won't be enough, as ss tends to be in more towards centre. I think you'll possibly need another 5mm. It'll be interesting to know as I would like to run a Uno or Eno crank, just having to get and expensive looong bb like a Royce is blowing it out of the water, for me!